In an effort to create awareness on the risks of using pirated Adaptive Technology software, FaisalIT.com launched this week a contests through which a lucky winner will win Talks - SIM chip license. The link for the contest is: http://faisalit.com/blog/?p=506.

Alawq Albasari in Buraidah starts another training campaign to train more than 70 blind men and woman on Hal. The project is funded by Aljazera Bank and will result in granting all participants with a lap top and Hal Arabic screen reader. More than 200 blind beneficiaries are expected to benefit from such grants between now and the end of the year.

Nattiq Technologies announced the completion of a project to deliver the latest technology for blind students at King Saud University in Riyadh, KSA. 95 Male and female students received the Braille Sense Plus, an all-in-one solution, with Braille and speech application capabilities which enable students to stay up with their studies in the university.

Our friends at Foresight, a branch of Tamkeen, in Dubai recently launched their first edition of the newsletter Outlook. The newsletter is available in both Arabic and English in print and audio format. Nattiq will include an audio CD of the newsletter in all mail correspondence as well as shipments of products to our customers and friends.

Aowk Albasari Association of Buraidah, Saudi Arabia will host an event of distributing 74 Hal screen readers with lap tops to blind Saudi youths. The equipment and software is donated by Aljazeera Bank. The event will be held at the King Abdulla's Sports City in Buraidah on Tuesday December 23rd at 8:00 P.M.

Some of our friends and champions make an argument that Hal is the best localized screen reader in an effort to convince other interested individuals and organizations who are evaluating screen readers. I thought I do this podcast to help them explain why Hal is the best.

Nattiq Technologies revealed today that it signed a contract with the Visual Impairment Association of Buraidah in Saudi Arabia to supply 108 blind Saudi citizens with Hal screen reader software. Hal enables blind users to access computers independently without any help from sighted individuals.

Sharjah, UAE, 11 May 2008: Nattiq Technologies announced today the winning of a contract in Kuwait to supply Hal screen readers, HP lap tops, HP scanners, Arabic OCR and Microsoft bundled software. The equipment and programs are to be distributed among 152 blind students and teachers of the Ministry of Education. The contract was secured by Nattiq’s dealer in Kuwait Gezlan Group.